You are not big enough to accuse the whole age effectively, but let us say you are in dissent. You are in no position to issue commands, but you can speak words of hope. Shall this be the substance of your message? Be human in this most inhuman of ages; guard the image of man for it is the image of God. --Thomas Merton

9 thoughts on “Help”

In the first Presidential debate Mr. Romney, in listing government programs he would cut, mentioned PBS which hosts the program Sesame Street. So after the debate the internet filled up with all sorts of hilarious calls to save Big Bird.

This is getting a bit highbrow for me. P'raps I can lower the tone with this alternative big bird ditty:

The WindhoverTo Christ Our Lord

I caught this morning morning's minion, king-dom of daylight's dauphin, dapple-dawn-drawn Falcon, in his ridingOf the rolling level underneath him steady air, and stridingHigh there, how he rung upon the rein of a wimpling wingIn his ecstasy! then off, off forth on swing,As a skate's heel sweeps smooth on a bow-bend: the hurl and glidingRebuffed the big wind. My heart in hidingStirred for a bird, – the achieve of, the mastery of the thing.

Richard, here is a family story that relates directly to your post. Big Bird and the U.S. National Guard. If you can't post the link, at least I hope you will enjoy this yourself. The post is from my daughter's blog in London.